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“Translations Of Mohamed, Megahed Dialogue Released (Goose Creek case)”
TBO.COM ^ | 4-18-08 | Elaine Silvestrini
Posted on April 18, 2008 9:20:18 AM PDT by STARWISE

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April 16, 2008

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://tampa.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/2008/terrorism041608.htm

MOHAMED AND MEGAHED CHARGED IN SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
Mohamed Accused of Providing Material Support to Terrorism

FLORIDA - United States Attorney Robert E. O’Neill today announced the filing of a seven count superseding indictment against AHMED ABDELLATIF SHERIF MOHAMED and YOUSSEF SAMIR MEGAHED. MOHAMED is charged in all seven counts of the superseding indictment. MEGAHED is charged in counts three and four of the superseding indictment(see chart below). A federal grand jury in Tampa returned that indictment on April 15, 2008. Both defendants reside in Tampa.

According to the indictment, the defendants were discovered near Goose Creek, South Carolina on August 4, 2007 in possession of explosive materials and a destructive device. The FBI later discovered an instructional video recording which defendant MOHAMED had distributed to the Internet on the making and use of a remote controlled detonation and ignition system.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Joint Terrorism Task Force in Tampa, Florida and Charleston, South carolina. It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Robert T. Monk and Jay L. Hoffer.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed a violation of the federal criminal laws, and every defendant is presumed innocent until, and unless, proven guilty.

Count Charge Maximum Term of Imprisonment

1 Proving material support to terrorism,
Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339A 15 years

2 Distributing information which teaches and demonstrates the making or use of explosives,
Title 18, United states Code, Section 842(p)(2)(A) 20 years

3 Transporting explosive materials in interstate commerce without the requisite federal license
Title 18, United States Code, Section 842(a)(3)(A) 10 years

4 Possession of a destructive device without the proper registration
Title 26, United States Code, Section 5861(d) 10 years

5 & 6 Illegal possession of a firearm by a non-immigrant alien, Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(5)(B) 10 years for each count

7 Carrying a destructive device during and in relation to a crime of violence,
Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A) Life

336 posted on April 18, 2008 1:06:25 PM PDT by Cindy

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18-year-old SC student accused of plotting to bomb school
AP ^ | April 21, 2008
Posted on April 20, 2008 9:44:29 PM PDT by upchuck

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said Sunday.

Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police when 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate was delivered to their home in Chesterfield and they discovered the journal, said the town’s police chief, Randall Lear.

The teen planned to make several bombs and had all the supplies needed to kill dozens at Chesterfield High School, depending on where the devices were placed and whether they included shrapnel, Lear said. Ammonium nitrate was used in the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 that killed 168 people.

“The only thing left was delivering the bombs,” the police chief said.

Schallenberger kept a journal for more than a year that detailed his plans for a suicide attack and included maps of the school, police said. The writings did not include a specific time for the attack or the intended targets.

He also left an audio tape to be played after he died explaining why he wanted to bomb his school. Lear wouldn’t detail what was on the tape except to say Schallenberger was an angry young man.”